Health, Education, and Social
Programs - International Health and Development Division
About ICF International
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment, and transportation; health, education, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets.
The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative
analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from research and analysis through implementation and
improvement.About ICF International
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment, and transportation; health, education, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets.
Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 3,700 employees serve these clients worldwide.
ICF’s website is www.icfi.com.
Job Description:
The International Health and Development Division of ICF Macro (formerly Macro International Inc.) seeks several Monitoring and Evaluation Associates to join our team.
The Associates will work on the portfolio of public health related M&E activities under USAID’s technical assistance (TA) project for global health programs. The portfolio focuses primarily on the monitoring and evaluation of programs directed at improving quality, availability and use of essential health services.
The Associate will assist in providing technical inputs to strengthening community health and referral information systems in addition to supporting health programs in Kenya to better identify their information needs and developing and testing tools to support information use.
Key function of this position will be capacity building among information systems users at the national, county, district and community levels of government and health facility personnel.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee
the implementation of activities
- Work
extensively with government counterparts to build capacity and support
health information strengthening activities
- Support
the assessment, testing, and documentation of specific interventions to
improve the capture and use of health referral data
- Assist
project staff in planning for, implementing and documenting field
activities
- Monitor
project activities
- Provide
information on the status and progress of program activities and
disseminate information and public reporting results, per client
instructions, to interested parties
- Contribute
technical expertise to other projects as needed
Basic Qualifications:
- Post-graduate
degree in epidemiology, demography, statistics, infectious disease control
- 3-5
years experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs
- Experience
in the development of M&E frameworks and performance management plans
- Experience
in production of customized dashboards for data presentation and strategic
information
- Experience
in data analysis, report writing, dissemination, use and knowledge
management
- Ability
to undertake capacity building and technology transfer
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Prior
experience in health programs and M&E systems in Kenya
- Experience
working with GOK
- Proof
of technical writing a plus
Professional Skills:
- Excellent
verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- Strong
analytical and decision making abilities
- Team
player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
To express interest, please visit our Career Center at www.icfi.com/careers/ and apply online by COB 24th Nov 2011.
The Positions are available in the following regions:
The Positions are available in the following regions:
- Rift
Valley-job no. 1100000898,
- Coast-job
no. 1100001886,
- Eastern
-job no. 1100001887 and
- Central-job
no-1100001884
ICF International is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V
NB: Those who had applied earlier need not apply
You can now click on this link www.kenyanvacancies.com to visit our sister website for more vacancies.